Wedding Sofa in Gilded Teak with Buttoned Gold Upholstery

When the frame and the upholstery are the same colour, colour stops doing any work - and everything has to be carried by shadow instead.

On a piece where dark wood meets pale fabric, the eye finds the edges for free. Here there is no such line: gold carving meets gold upholstery and the boundary would simply vanish under bright light unless the making compensates for it. So it does, in two places.

The buttoning is pulled deeper than it would be on a coloured back. A shallow button on a two-tone sofa still reads clearly; the same button in monochrome disappears. Pulling further makes each hollow throw a real shadow, and it is those shadows, not the colour, that draw the diamond grid you can see from the back of a hall.

The carving is undercut harder for the same reason - the crest and the arm scrolls are cut back further beneath their edges than the design strictly needs, so a dark line sits under every raised element and separates it from the surface behind.

Neither adjustment is visible as an adjustment. They are simply why the piece still has form when the light is flat and the colour is all one.

Frame: solid teak throughout, hand-carved by master Indian artisans, with traditional joinery at every junction.

Back: tall shaped back curling forward at the shoulders, deep-buttoned, under a carved crest.

Arms: rolled and padded, with carved scrolls at the fronts.

Seat: two-seat sprung and padded platform with a shaped front edge.

Apron: carved scrolling foliage across the seat rail.

Legs: short carved cabriole legs.

Upholstery: gold buttoned upholstery as photographed, matched to the frame finish. Any colour, fabric or leather can be used instead, including your own material.

Finish: hand-applied gold on the carving. Silver, champagne, antiqued gold or plain polished teak are also available.

Size: custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

Photography: images on this page are of the actual product, not renders.

A tall back is the first thing to take a knock in transit, and the buttoned face is the surface you least want pressed - so the packing works outward from both.

A soft non-abrasive layer goes directly over the upholstery and the gilded carving so nothing coarse ever touches either. Foam collars are fitted to the carved crest, the shoulder curls, the arm scrolls and the legs. A foam frame runs around the outer edge of the back so any side load is taken at the frame rather than across the buttoned panel.

Corrugated panels then build a rigid shell around the whole sofa, with the base blocked and braced so its weight sits on the seat frame rather than the back. The outer carton is edge-reinforced so stacked weight in transit is carried by the packaging. A breathable cover keeps dust off the upholstery without holding moisture against it. Everything comes off by hand, layer by layer, no blades needed.

Free PAN-India delivery is included in the price - no zone rates, no distance surcharge, no freight line at checkout. The sofa reaches Jodhpur for the same cost as Chennai.

Dent-free arrival is guaranteed. It leaves in multi-layer protective packaging, travels with handlers briefed on gilded and upholstered furniture, and is checked at each transfer point. If anything is not right when you open it, tell us and we make it right - the guarantee sits with us, not with the transporter.

Because it is made to order, production begins once your upholstery, finish and measurements are confirmed in writing. If the sofa is for a fixed date, say so when you enquire and we will confirm in writing whether the timeline works before you commit. You get updates through carving, gilding and upholstery, and a dispatch note with an expected delivery window.

The solid teak frame and its joinery are covered for 20 years. That includes the tall back frame and the joints holding it upright, the seat frame, the arm structures and the legs - the parts that carry two people and stay under load through a long function. If a joint opens or a member fails within those twenty years, we repair or replace it.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs alongside it with no end date. Teak's natural oils are what termites avoid, and our seasoning and finishing routine is built around preserving them, so the timber is guaranteed for as long as the sofa is yours.

Venues and decorators use pieces like this season after season, and families keep them after the wedding - the warranty is the same either way. It is possible because the sofa is built start to finish in our own workshop by the master Indian artisans who make every piece we sell, from timber we season ourselves. The warranty registers automatically with your order; your order number opens a claim.